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The crates dumped in the harbour at the Boston Tea Party in 1773 contained East India Company tea. Historian William Dalrymple tells Sathnam Sanghera that taxation wasn’t the only issue motivating Boston’s revolutionaries. Fear and suspicion of the EIC and its tea were a factor as well. And soon, tea would forever change British relations with China too. Producer: Paul Martin A Â鶹Éç Audio Wales production for Â鶹Éç Radio 4, first broadcast in December 2023.